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Graceful Jules Verne
Credit: NASA
The Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) practices approaching the International Space Station on Monday, March 31, 2008.
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European Space Agency ATV-3 Edoardo Amaldi
Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique Video du CSG–J.M. Guillon
Europe's third Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-3) is named Edoardo Amaldi.
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Rocket Traffic Jam Pushes Big Space Cargo Ship's Launch to 2011
Credit: NASA
Backdropped by the blackness of space, the European Space Agency's (ESA) "Jules Verne" Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) begins its relative separation from the International Space Station. The ATV undocked on Sept. 5, 2008 and was placed in a parking orbit for three weeks, before deorbiting on Sept. 29 and burning up in the Earth's atmosphere.
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"Jules" Arrives at ISS
Historical first docking of ESA's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) Jules Verne to ISS.
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Europe's First Space Cargo Ship Recovers From Propulsion Glitch
Credit: ESA/Stephane Corvaja.
Liftoff of Europe's ATV cargo ship Jules Verne on March 8, 2008.
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Space Freighter Finishes Docking Dress Rehearsals
Credit: NASA TV
Europe's Jules Verne cargo ship parks in front of the space station's Zvezda service module March 31, 2008.
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European Space Freighter Makes Docking Debut
Credit: NASA TV.
A camera outside the International Space Station caught this view of the arriving European cargo ship Jules Verne during its docking on April 3, 2008.
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Inside the Space Station's Jules Verne Cargo Ship
Astronauts work and play in the space station's European cargo ship.
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Blaze of Glory
Credit: ESA
This is one of the first images taken by the DC-8 aircraft which observed the re-entry of Jules Verne ATV over the Pacific Ocean.
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The Spectacular Breakup of ATV: One Final Experiment
Credit: SETI Institute and ESA
Mission concept.
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Crackin' Up
Credit: ESA/NASA
Two NASA chase planes captured the European ATV space cargo ship breaking up in the atmosphere upon successful reentry and completion of the mission.
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ATV Death Dive
Credit: ESA/D.Ducros.
An artist's illustration of ESA's Jules Verne ATV breaking up during its Sept. 29, 2008 reentry.
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European Cargo Ship Departs Space Station
Credit: ESA.
Jules Verne ATV is seen backing away from the International Space Station from inside the ATV Control Centre (ATV-CC) in Toulouse, France. Europe's first ATV undocked from the ISS at 23:29 CEST (21:29 UT) on 5 September 2008.
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From Earth to the Station: Europe's First Space Cargo Ship
An artist's interpretation of Europe's first Automated Transfer Vehicle Jules Verne as it approaches the International Space Station. ESA/D. Ducros 2007
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Europe's 'Jules Verne' Cargo Ship to Launch Tonight
Credit: ESA/D.Ducros.
Europe's new unmanned cargo ships will resupply the space station.
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Europe Sets Launch Plan for First Unmanned Cargo Ship
Credit: ESA
Artist's impression showing an ATV docking with the International Space Station.
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HEAVIEST ATV to Orbit: What's in it?
Credit: ESA
ESA's Johannes Kepler ATV, due to launch February 15, 2010, is the heaviest spacecraft that Europe has ever launched, find out whats inside.
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Orbital Traffic Jam Looms for Space Station
Credit: ESA
This artist's concept, featuring an older space station configuration, depicts ESA's Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle arriving at the ISS.
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Europe Sends Huge New Robot Space Freighter to Launch Site
Credit: Astrium
ATV-2 Johannes Kepler being shipped at night on May 10, 2010.
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Europe's Heavy Hauler Begins Space Station Run
Credit: ESA
Named after the German mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler, the European Space Agency’s Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) will haul freight to the International Space Station. It launches on ESA’s Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana.
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Ariane 5 Rocket on Launch Pad with ATV Johannes Kepler
Credit: ESA - S. Corvaja, 2011
The Ariane 5 ES launcher photographed on 14 February 2010 during transfer from the Final Assembly Building (BAF) to the Launch Zone (ZL-3), at the Ariane Launch Complex no. 3 (ELA-3) of the Guiana Space Centre, Europe's space port.
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ATV Johannes Kepler during launch preps
Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace - Photo Optique Vidéo du CSG, 2010
The European Space Agency's ATV-2 Johannes Kepler during transfer from S5C to S5A, 19 November 2010, Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou.
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ESA's ATV-2 Johannes Kepler Launches Toward ISS
Credit: ESA - S. Corvaja, 2011
ESA’s second Automated Transfer Vehicle, launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou in February 2011, in French Guiana, at 22:50:55 CET by an Ariane 5 to deliver critical supplies and reboost the International Space Station. It is due to dock on Feb. 24.
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Out of the Blue and Into the Black
Credit: ESA/NASA
European Space Agency Astronaut Paolo Nespoli, Flight Engineer aboard the International Space Station, snapped this picture of the Automated Transfer Vehicle 2 launching from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011.
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Kepler ATV Docks with ISS
Credit: NASA
Kepler ATV Docks with ISS in this artist's interpretation.
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ATV-2 Johannes Kepler Docks at Space Station
Credit: NASA TV
The European Space Agency's ATV-2 Johannes Kepler docks at the International Space Station on Feb. 24, 2011 after an 8-day flight.
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4 Spaceships, 1 Photo
Credit: NASA via Ron Garan/Astro_Ron
This stunning photo taken by Endeavour shuttle astronaut Greg Chamitoff shows four different spaceships linked together in orbit. At the far left is Endeavour, while Russia's Soyuz capsule "Yuri Gagarin" is perched at a rooftop docking port on the International Space Station. The X-shaped solar arrays of Europe's unmanned ATV-2 Johannes Kepler spacecraft round out the fleet at a far right docking port.
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Space Station's Russian Side
Credit: NASA via Ron Garan/Astro_Ron
In this spacewalk photo by Endeavour shuttle astronaut Mike Fincke, Russia's Soyuz capsule "Yuri Gagarin" dominates the view on a rooftop docking port at the International Space Station during a May 27, 2011 spacewalk. The station's Russian segment, as well as the European ATV-2 Johannes Kepler cargo ship (identifiable by its X-like solar wings) are also visible. Fincke took the photo during the mission's fourth and last spacewalk.
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ATV-2 Johannes Kepler Re-entry
Credit: ESA - D. Ducros
Illustration of the European ATV-2 reentry and breakup because of the atmospheric forces.
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ATV-2 Reentry Breakup Recorder
Credit: The Aerospace Corporation
The Reentry Breakup Recorder on the European ATV-2 cargo spacecraft.
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Europe Names Third Space Cargo Ship After Italian Space Pioneer
Credit: ESA
The European Space Agency (ESA) has named its next unmanned space cargo ship the Edoardo Amaldi, after the Italian space pioneer known for contributing to advances in experimental physics and the understanding of gravitational waves.
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Albert Einstein ATV-4 Spacecraft Coming Together
Credit: ESA
Pressurised module of the ATV Albert Einstein being manufactured in December 2010 in Turin by Thales Alenia.
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ATV Edoardo Amaldi Under the Ariane 5’s Payload Fairing
Credit: Arianespace
This cutaway drawing depicts ATV Edoardo Amaldi under the Ariane 5's payload fairing. Image released March 20, 2012.
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A Final View of Automated Transfer Vehicle Edoardo Amaldi
Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique Video du CSG - J.M. Guillon
A final view of Automated Transfer Vehicle Edoardo Amaldi before it is installed on the Ariane rocket. ESA’s third automated space freighter, Edoardo Amaldi, will carry about two tonnes of dry cargo, 285 kg of water and more than three tonnes of propellants to the International Space Station. Image released March 21, 2012.
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Protective Fairing Lowered over Automated Transfer Vehicle Edoardo Amaldi
Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique Video du CSG - J.M. Guillon
The protective fairing is lowered over Automated Transfer Vehicle Edoardo Amaldi. With the fairing in place, the spacecraft will be lowered on to the Ariane rocket that will launch it to the International Space Station. ESA's third automated space freighter, Edoardo Amaldi, will carry about two tonnes of dry cargo, 285 kg of water and more than three tonnes of propellants to the International Space Station. Image released March 21, 2012.
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European Automated Transfer Vehicle Installation
Credit: Arianespace
The third European Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) for launch by Arianespace was installed atop its Ariane 5 at the Spaceport today, marking one of the final steps in preparations for a March 9 liftoff on a servicing mission to the International Space Station. Image released Feb. 9, 2012.
